#Senate Republican blasts House for passing foreign aid bills: Spending money ‘we don’t have’

#Senate Republican blasts House for passing foreign aid bills: Spending money ‘we don’t have’

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) blasted the House for passing foreign aid bills, arguing Congress is spending money that “we don’t have” and that the U.S. should be focusing on securing its own borders instead. “We’re gonna further mortgage and plunder our children’s future, over $100 billion,” Johnson said during his Saturday morning appearance on NewsNation. “We…

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#Senate approves extension of FISA surveillance just after deadline

#Senate approves extension of FISA surveillance just after deadline

The Senate early Saturday passed a two-year reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program after hours of intense and sometimes acrimonious debate on the Senate floor, narrowly avoiding a key national intelligence gathering capability going dark. Senators voted 60-34 to send the bill to President Biden’s desk shortly after the midnight…

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#Western powers shot down Iranian missiles. Why not Russian missiles?

#Western powers shot down Iranian missiles. Why not Russian missiles?

Ukrainians are asking an indelicate question: Why has the West reacted with near-unanimous indignation to Iran’s missile attack against Israel, immediately expressing a willingness to protect its population against further attacks, while failing to help Ukraine protect itself against daily Russian bombardments of its people, cities and infrastructure? Or as the Wall Street Journal put…

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#Trump meets with Polish president at Trump Tower

#Trump meets with Polish president at Trump Tower

Former President Trump met Wednesday night with Polish President Andrzej Duda, the latest in a series of conversations the presumptive Republican nominee has held with foreign leaders. Trump hosted Duda at Trump Tower in New York City, where the former president is staying as he attends his criminal trial over an alleged hush money scheme….

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#Montana abortion rights group launches ballot initiative

#Montana abortion rights group launches ballot initiative

A reproductive rights group in Montana launched an initiative Tuesday to include a state constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights on the ballot in the general election this November. On Tuesday, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights announced that it has officially launched its signature drive to get the required 60,000 signatures from Montanans by June 21 to…

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#March retail sales blew past expectations 

#March retail sales blew past expectations 

Retail sales in March surpassed expectations, according to new numbers released by the Commerce Department on Monday. The latest estimates from the Commerce Department show that retail sales in March increased by 0.7 percent — which is more than double the consensus estimates of a 0.3 percent increase for last month. While it surpassed expectations…

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#White House news briefing: Watch live

#White House news briefing: Watch live

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is delivering a press briefing on Monday afternoon as Iran’s weekend missile and drone strike on Israel adds an urgency to solving the current funding impasse in Congress. President Biden held a conference call with the leaders of both parties in both chambers Sunday to reiterate the importance of…

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